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The Priests
By Father Francois Turner
According to Conchita, Our Lady stressed above all “devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and prayer for priests.” There is a correlation between the Eucharist and the priesthood, both in themselves and in the Messages of Garabandal.

Garabandal and the Priesthood
By Father Materne Laffineur
Together with a devotion to the Eucharist, Garabandal teaches a great devotion for the priesthood. Our Lady teaches the girls to pray often for priests. Loli said one day, "I often pray for them, especially for those who wish that they were not priests. I pray that they may at least...

Garabandal's Shocking Revelation—The Crisis of the Priesthood
"Many cardinals, many bishops and many priests are on the road to perdition and are taking many souls with them." Even in the middle of 1965, this declaration made by Our Lady at Garabandal to Conchita, the main seer, came like a bombshell and caused much consternation. People reacted to it...

A Predilection for Priests
History attests to the love and devotion that children of the humble and poor show to religious leaders in their communities. Garabandal is no exception.

The entrance of priests into the Garabandal events was inevitable, especially...

The Catholic Priest: A Man Set Apart
In his letter to priests, Pope John Paul II told of a place where people gathered often about an altar and placed upon it the stole of a priest. There would be no Mass because there was no priest, so the people by themselves would recite together the words of the Mass until they reached the words...

GARABANDAL - Father Luis Andreu, S.J.,
The Fifth Visionary of Garabandal
There were not only four visionaries at Garabandal but also five and significantly enough, this fifth one was a priest, Jesuit Father Luis Maria Andreu Rodamilans. And he not only saw Our Lady, but also something that not even the...

Father Luis, A Vital Person in the Garabandal Event
We are only now coming to a full understanding of Fr. Luis Maria Andreu's vital role in the Garabandal event. What is possibly his most important function in that event is one which until now has been the least stressed. That function is to be a direct witness to the truth of the apparitions by having shared himself in one...

Priests—Beloved Children of the Virgin
On May 24, 1990, Ascension Thursday, Joey and Marilynn Lomangino and another member of the New York Center visited with Conchita Keena at her home. It was a cordial visit that lasted about four hours. In the course of the conversation, Conchita expressed concern for priests, especially for some with whom she had...

The Remarkable Father Benac, S.J.
A timely tribute to the senior member of the Garabandal apostolate who reaches some rather unique milestones this year.

Father Francis A. Benac, S.J., is a very uniques person and 1994 holds several...

He Always Loved Our Lady
On August 31, 1986, Fr. Joseph A. Pelletier, A.A., died in Worchester, Massachusetts, of a disease that attacked both his physical and mental faculties. He was 74 years old. Fr. Pelletier will always be remembered by those interested in Garabandal for the enormous contribution he made in furthering the cause...

Francois Turner, O.P. (1915-1995)
On July 30, 1995, Reverend Francois Turner, O.P., passed from this life to the next. He had spent the last two years of his same nursing home where he had been chaplain for many years. Only recently he was transferred to a convalescent home run by the Little Sisters of the Poor at Tours and that is where...

Garabandal Saved My Priestly Life
I learned about Garabandal in 1966 and it saved my priestly life. Near the end of the Council and in the heady years following this epochal event, the lethal "spirit of Vatican II" was spawned. The letter of the Council, its genuine and orthodox interpretation, was quietly laid to rest. Few bothered to read the documents,...

From the Writings of Father Joe
Over the course of the years, from 1972 to 1981, Fr. Joseph Pelletier was the most prolific contributing writer for Garabandal Magazine (formerly called NEEDLES) with a total of 58 articles. The publishers will always be grateful to Father Joe...